Commuter Alert: Chain-Reaction Crash Involving Nearly A Dozen Vehicles On Belt Parkway
The crash happened in the westbound lanes approaching the Van Wyck Expressway.
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The crash happened in the westbound lanes approaching the Van Wyck Expressway.
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Police sources tell CBS2 the highway patrol officer apparently lost control of his bike and was ejected.
Traffic was snarled on one of New York City's busiest roadways for several hours after a nasty crash involving a sanitation truck Saturday night.
The 30-year-old firefighter fell to his death while trying to help two people hurt in a car crash on the Mill Basin Bridge late Sunday night in Brooklyn.
Officials say firefighter Steven Pollard slipped through a gap on the Belt Parkway's Mill Basin Bridge and fell more than 50 feet to his death.
Faizal Coto, 33, was found lying next to his damaged car on the Belt Parkway Sunday Morning.
Investigators said 33-year-old Faizal Coto suffered head trauma and was found lying next to his damaged car on the Belt Parkway.
Investigators said the 33-year-old firefighter suffered head trauma and was found lying next to his damaged car.
Police said a silver Volkswagen was driving east in the westbound lanes when it collided with the Honda Accord around 2 a.m. Thursday near Bay 8th Street in Queens.
It happened around 9 a.m. Saturday near the 92nd Street exit in Brooklyn.
Nine people, including several kids, were hurt in a hit-and-run on the Belt Parkway in East New York, Brooklyn early Sunday, involving a car that police said was stolen.
Several people are in custody after the FBI made a car stop on the Belt Parkway near the Verrazano Bridge Sunday evening.
Police on Tuesday released the identity of a man who was struck near the Belt Parkway in southeast Queens and later died.
An early morning crash in Brooklyn is causing some heavy traffic delays on the Belt Parkway
The only lights in that section of the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn come from cars. Some 150 lamp posts between Knapp Street and Flatbush Avenue have been out since the storm hit.
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Police are investigating a deadly crash on the Belt Parkway in Queens. The accident occurred near 181st Street around 10:45 p.m. Thursday.
An exit on the Belt Parkway at Flatbush Avenue in far southern Brooklyn was closed Thursday night, after a gas leak erupted.
A woman was charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated Monday, after a crash that left her passenger dead in southeast Queens.
The potholes have caused hazardous driving conditions. At one point on Friday, more than a dozen cars were pulled over on the shoulder of the Belt in Mill Basin, Brooklyn.
Potholes have been claiming tire after tire and car after car around the Tri-State area. The situation has gotten so bad that one highway had to be shut down for part of the weekend to undergo repairs.
The DOT said it filled 1,100 potholes Thursday, focusing on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn. The swings in temperature have carved out craters in roads across the Tri-State area.
A man was struck and killed early Saturday on the Belt Parkway in southern Brooklyn.
A pileup involving at least 30 vehicles snagged the Gowanus Expressway in southern Brooklyn Tuesday evening, leaving at least eight people with minor injuries, authorities said.
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The New York City area will be under a wind advisory Monday with periods of heavy rain and severe thunderstorms expected across the region.
The New York area is in for a mild weekend before the weather takes a turn to start the work week.
It will be rainy on Thursday morning, and the weather will change to snow as temperatures drop across the Tri-State Area.
Thunderstorms are expected in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut this weekend after severe weather hit the Midwest.
Periods of rain will move through the New York area Thursday, but spring temperatures are on the way for the weekend.
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Tens of thousands of customers lost power across the New York-New Jersey area as severe weather whipped through the region.
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New York City will no longer criminally enforce minor traffic offenses for cyclists and e-bike riders, the Mamdani administration announced Wednesday.
The Mamdani administration has asked a court to allow them to stop representing former Mayor Eric Adams in a sexual assault case.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for withholding funds designed to extend the Second Avenue subway west into Harlem.
Older adults in New Jersey recorded the highest number of suspected overdose deaths in 2025, according to the New Jersey Department of Health.
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Heights University Hospital, formerly known as Christ Hospital, shuttered its emergency room Saturday night.
New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim is opening up about his father's Alzheimer's diagnosis in hopes of helping others struggling like him to care for their loved ones.
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Howie Rose, the longtime play-by-play voice of the New York Mets on the radio, says the upcoming 2026 season will be his last.
The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Brooklyn Nets 121-92 on Wednesday night for their 10th straight win.
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The WNBA and its players' union reached a verbal agreement on a transformational new collective bargaining agreement early Wednesday morning, both sides said.
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The Rev. Al Sharpton is calling on New York City to help protect the Merchant's House Museum in Manhattan after a recent discovery revealed connections to the Underground Railroad.
A Harlem school is teaching students how to love, honor and care for their natural hair.
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The Halloween tradition strolled through Manhattan's East Village on Sunday, with furry friends dressed in colorful costumes.
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Dogs got decked out for the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City's East Village on Saturday.
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Meteorologist John Elliott has the Tri-State Area's updated Thursday afternoon First Alert Forecast on CBS News New York.
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Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul joined a rally for Dylan Lopez Contreras, a New York City high school student who was recently released from ICE custody after 10 months.
